Tianhou Temple (Anping)

The temple was erected at the Anping Ferry in 1668, on the site that is now occupied by Anping District's Shih-Men Primary School. Erected soon after Koxinga's successful invasion of Dutch Taiwan in the name of the Southern Ming resistance to the Qing Empire, and 1994. ==Legends==

The primary statue is said to be more than a thousand years old. It is sometimes said to have been one of three personally brought to Taiwan by Koxinga, although the temple itself claims that a "Cheng Cheng-kung" brought it to Taiwan years earlier in 1661. Mazu is credited with various miracles around the temple, including appearing to lead Anping's initial settlers, protecting it from bombing during World War II, producing miraculous sweat, and protecting her statue during the temple's 1990 fire disaster. ==Gallery==

File:安平開臺天后宮正殿.jpg | The main altar File:安平天后宮石將軍.JPG | The Stone Generals File:安平開臺天后宮四海龍王.jpg | The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas File:安平開臺天后宮水仙尊王.jpg | The Five Kings of the Water Immortals ==References==